Thursday, November 19, 2009

Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Pie (Treats For Co-Irkers)

Due to other family commitments on Thanksgiving day, we're having our Thanksgiving dinner this Saturday. My kids (and their dogs) will be here to celebrate and give thanks for our many blessings, hopefully an Ohio State win over that team from up north being included on that list. GO BUCKS!

While I would have preferred to bake the more traditional pumpkin pie for our holiday dinner, several of the kids don't care for pumpkin (I know, it's crazy isn't it!) So this year I made this peanut butter cream cheese pie. Actually, I made three of them and sent some with hubby to share with the co-irkers, because we're also very thankful that he has such a great job and wonderful people to work with.

Combine the cookie crumbs, 2 TBSPS of the sugar and the melted butter in a medium bowl. Press onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Cool on cooling rack for 15 minutes. Freeze for 15 minutes.

Heat 3/4 cup of the cream just to a boil. Remove from heat. Add 1 1/4 cups of the chocolate chips and 1/3 cup of the peanuts. Stir until chocolate is melted. Spread chocolate mixture over bottom and up sides of pie shell. Freeze for at least 15 minutes.

Beat 1 cup of the cream in chilled mixer bowl to stiff peaks, adding vanilla extract one tablespoon at a time.

Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large mixer bowl for 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Gradually beat in peanut butter. Fold in whipped cream mixture. Spoon mixture into pie shell.

Combine remaining chocolate chips and remaining cream in small, heavy-duty plastic bag. Microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; knead. Microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, kneading until smooth. Cut small hole in corner of bag; squeeze to drizzle over pie. Sprinkle with remaining peanuts. Freeze for 1 hour or until chocolate is set. Cover.

26 comments:

We are having a Thanksgiving celebration at work tomorrow and different areas have been assigned different foods. I am supposed to bring in white potatoes. Why not assign me desserts?? I am making a crockpot mashed potato recipe right now, never heard of such a thing... I'd rather show up with one of your pies

Call me crazy, but I AM one of those people that just...can't...handle...pumpkin pie. Thanks for an alternative! BTW, do you crush the entire OREO for the crust? You don't scrape out the middles? This looks like a very easy, no~bake recipe.

Wow Mags, this is one of the big guy's favorites, in fact I made one this summer while we were on vacation in Oregon. It's also perfect in miniature (small cupcake pans with foil liners)- mouthful size = great party food.

This looks absolutely delicious! Peanut butter and cream cheese, two of my favorite things. I'm definitely bookmarking this. Just one question, how do you microwave a plastic bag? Do you mean a ziploc-type bag? Because I feel like plastic+microwave=bad idea...

Everywhere: If you're not comfortable with the whole microwave-plastic thing, just melt the chocolate and cream in a separate dish and then pour it into a ziploc bag. Thanks for commenting and I hope you enjoy this!

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This is my documentation of my life after turning 50. Lots of recipes, some healthy, some not so much... tossed up with a hefty dose of sarcasm and motherly love.
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